dang right they need more south endzone seats. 15k tickets for 25k students (growing # each year)
The issue is decking the south end zone, not merely adding seats to the lower bowl. When the south end zone is decked, if things go as they have gone with the other exansions, the top few rows of the lower bowl beneath the new deck will be lost initially, and then replaced with new seating. My personal opinion is that none of the new upper deck seats will be allotted to students; however, the student seating would certainly be increased. Unless something has changed in the last couple of years, the capacity of the student section is set as a specified percentage of the total capacity of the stadium. I do not know what that percentage is; however, for the sake of argument, let's say 15%. Assuming a total stadium capacity of 100,000, the student section would be 15,000; however, it sounds from your post, as though the student section is already 15,000. Therefore, the percentage must be higher than 15%. Regardless, rest assured that the capacity of the student section will never equal the number of students enrolled at the Capstone. It's not going to happen.